# The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1997, Paragraph 11: Reckonable rent cases


In a case where article 8(9) applies—
(a) where the authority, in determining the reckonable rent has lessened that rent in accordance with regulation 10(3) of and Schedule 1 to the Housing Benefit Regulations (ineligible charges) by a sum less than the ineligible amounts, the appropriate amount shall be 95 per cent. of the maximum rent as calculated by reference to the value of those ineligible amounts; and
(b) in a case where sub-paragraph (a) does not apply, shall be 95 per cent. of the eligible rent as determined by the authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1004/schedule/6/paragraph/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1997/schedule-6/paragraph-11
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